Life toughens us... that's for sure

Views in Verse - on resilience.

Life toughens us... that's for sure. They say it is better to have loved than to have not loved at all. It truly hurts that's for sure but, like a broken bone, it comes back stronger than it was before; readying us for further engagement on our own terms.


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" Guess who called today...?"
A friend did say...
It appears you've come back
After going  away...(I hear...)
You wanted to know
just how I coped with this?

Well if dreams are a guide
I've seen you each night
since that day
you simply took flight
and you could say
I've been a little messed up
Since then...

But daylight finds me
a more grounded guy
far from chasing
dreams in the sky
I 've worked out
who the hell it is
that I really am

I sense you sought
someone better than me
I hope you found a hero
Not a calamity
But whatever your outcomes
I am now at ease

And so as I write
I must 'call it a day' but
Let me first note
in an positive way
"you left me alone and
I learnt to like it!"

So if per chance
you do knock on my door
Be prepared to wait
an hour or more
Yet no matter
how long you wait
The bolt will remain
closed true

For whatever your reasons
I 've spent
too long alone
and from this grind
I surely have grown (and)
In weighing it up...
'you've made me a better man '
(for someone)



Grahame Flynn - Sent from my iPad